For many years physicians refused to allocate separately such a disease as chronic appendicitis. However, studies have shown that this pathology has all the characteristics for recognizing the world of medicine as a separate disease.
Is there chronic appendicitis?
Chronic appendicitis exists - scientists have calculated that only 1% of all cases of diseases associated with appendicitis occur in chronic inflammation of the organ.
Most often the disease affects the young organism - from 20 to 40 years, and most of the cases registered in medical institutions are women.
How is chronic appendicitis manifested?
Symptoms of chronic appendicitis are similar to the acute form of the disease, but they do not require the need for surgical intervention. Sluggish inflammation can occur for years with occasional minor exacerbations that do not require hospitalization.
The main difference between chronic and acute form is not only that in the second case there is a risk of rupture of the process, but also in the course of the course of the disease: if acute appendicitis develops within several hours and sometimes days, the chronic form can take years.
First of all, the chronic form is characterized by moderate pains: they occur during movement, palpation, and also strengthen with physical exertion. Mostly they are localized in the right side of the abdomen, but sometimes they can cover the entire abdominal cavity and migrate depending on the position change.
Diet and lifestyle also affect the symptoms - pain in chronic appendicitis can worsen if you take heavy and rough food, while light meals that are easily absorbed by the body do not provoke pain.
Due to disruption of the digestive tract, the patient may develop stool disorders - constipation and diarrhea.
During an objective examination at the doctor, during deep palpation, the patient feels pain in the right side of the abdomen.
Chronic appendicitis - diagnosis
Diagnosing chronic appendicitis is quite difficult. Often, several types of diagnostics are required in order to put the final diagnosis:
- First of all, a general blood test is done - if there is pronounced leukocytosis, then it speaks in favor of confirmation of the diagnosis.
- Then an urine test is administered, which helps to know if there are any violations from the urinary system.
- Contrast X-ray allows you to see the size of the appendage and detect obstruction.
- Ultrasound is the most informative survey that can detect an abscess and see if the uterus or ovaries are involved in women.
- Computer tomography allows you to see the condition of the walls of the appendage and the surrounding tissues.
Treatment of chronic appendicitis
At the moment, doctors do not have a single idea of how to treat the chronic form of appendicitis, and therefore in most cases they suggest using the classic method of treating this disease in acute form - removing the process.
If the patient has spikes and cicatricial changes, then this is an additional factor speaking in the direction of the operation. In 95% of patients after the operation, absolute recovery is observed.
If the patient does not have severe symptoms, then conservative symptomatic treatment is possible: for example, it is necessary to take antispasmodics, for example, No-shpa, and also to follow a diet, perform physiotherapy and eliminate intestinal disorders.
Treatment of chronic appendicitis with folk remedies
Folk remedies can help alleviate the symptoms, but they do not lead to a final recovery.
People who are engaged in traditional medicine, are advised to drink broth with
- It takes 1 tsp. pour a glass of boiling water.
- Insist 10 minutes.
- After that, it should be drunk in small sips throughout the day.
Also to reduce inflammation it is necessary to drink broths from the branches of raspberry and yarrow grass:
- Ingredients should be taken in equal proportion - 30 g and pour 1 liter of boiling water.
- After that they insist 30 minutes.
- Take a day for 1 glass.